Hello,
>> - removed the requirement on having a kernel loaded as running with
>> just a firmware is fine. We will need to discuss the inclusion of
>> the file skiboot.lid under qemu.
>
> Yes, this isn't terribly useful without it. The normal procedure for
> new roms is this:
>
> 1. Get the upstream git tree for the ROM mirrored to qemu.org
> 2. Add a git submodule under roms/ referencing the git mirror on
> qemu.org
> 3. Add a pre-built ROM binary to pc-bios/
> 4. Add a brief description of the ROM, including upstream git URL
> to pc-bios/README
>
> Steps 2, 3 & 4 can (and usually should) be a single commit.
>
> This code is looking close enough, that having a usable rom image is
> probably the last thing stopping merge, at least of these initial
> patches.
I added one to my repo to let travis run :
https://github.com/legoater/qemu/commit/d5729f70f2abb0fca2e4167dacb0cf27e0dbaee5
> Probably best to get underway with the rom inclusion ASAP.
I think Jeff is the person to talk to.
Could we start mirroring skiboot, the firmware for PowerPC PowerNV platform,
on git.qemu-project.org/. This is the official repo :
https://github.com/open-power/skiboot/
Thanks,
C.
